USGS 10631 Tuzendepetl [Paraje Solo Fm] (Miocene of Mexico)

Where: Veracruz-Llave, Mexico (18.0° N, 94.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 92.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paraje Solo Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paraje Solo Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USMN.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1970. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part V - Pterynotus and Poirieria. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(1):1-50 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92718: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Paziella) septima n. sp. Vokes 1970 murex snail
Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis Gabb 1873 murex snail